Peter Evans

Peter Evans

Theatre Director

Peter is currently the Artistic Director at the Bell Shakespeare Company.

Peter’s directing credits include MACBETH and JULIUS CAESAR for Bell Shakespeare Company;  CLYBOURNE PARK, A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, LIFE WITHOUT ME, DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE, THE UGLY ONE, GOD OF CARNAGE, SAVAGE RIVER (co production with Griffin Theatre Company),REALISM, THE HYPOCRITE, BLACKBIRD, DON JUAN IN SOHO, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE HISTORY BOYS, DON’S PARTY, THE GIVE AND TAKE, DUMBSHOW, and THE DAYLIGHT ATHEIST for Melbourne Theatre Company; THE GRENADE (co production with Melbourne Theatre Company), THE GREAT, FAT PIG, and THE GIVE AND TAKE for Sydney Theatre Company; HAMLET, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, KING LEAR, COPENHAGEN, PROOF, MULDOON, and THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERSfor New Zealand’s Court Theatre; THE TEMPEST, THE TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA and MACBETH for Bell Shakespeare; THE DAYLIGHT ATHEIST for Queensland Theatre Company and THE YELLOW WALLPAPER for Malthouse and the Store Room.  His other Australian credits include JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAINfor Red Stitch Actors Theatre; A POOR STUDENT for the Store Room at the Malthouse Theatre; A LIE OF THE MIND at the New Theatre; SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO for Theatre Jamb at the Bondi Pavilion; KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMANfor Theatre Adami at the Stables and THE DUMB WAITER for the Studio Company at Belvoir St Theatre.

In 2006 Peter was Associate Director of Bell Shakespeare Company and from 2007 to 2010 he was the Associate Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.

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